Article: Women/Minority Firms: N.Y. Task Force Weighs Ideas From MWBE Hearing.(Underwriters and Dealers)

Byline: Ted Phillips

A New York State task force met yesterday to consider ideas brought up at a hearing earlier this month to increase participation by minority and women-owned firms in underwriting debt.

The Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise task force, which Gov. David Paterson created by executive order in June, will release preliminary recommendations around Oct. 20 and will make final recommendations before Nov. 1.

The MWBE task force discussed possible changes to the request for proposals process, policies used to designate underwriters, measuring performance, and the structure of syndicates. These issues had been canvassed at ...

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